At Nara Travels (accessible from https://naratravels.com), the privacy of our visitors is of paramount importance. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal and technical information collected and recorded by Nara Travels and how we utilize, protect, and handle that data.
1. Information We Collect
When you browse Nara Travels, interact with our travel monographs, or contact our editorial desk, we may collect the following categories of information:
- Log Files & Technical Telemetry: Like most modern web platforms, Nara Travels utilizes standard server log files. The information inside log files includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamps, referring/exit pages, and click counts. This data is used strictly for analyzing traffic trends, administering the site, tracking user movement across routes, and gathering demographic intelligence. IP addresses and technical headers are not linked to personally identifiable information.
- Voluntary Contact Information: If you contact us directly via our contact forms or email, we may receive your name, email address, message contents, and any attachments you provide.
2. Cookies & Web Beacons
Nara Travels uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and customize web page content based on visitors' browser type or other technical parameters.
3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures
Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to https://naratravels.com and other sites on the internet.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Nara Travels, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note: Nara Travels has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
4. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have the right to:
- Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
- Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
- Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data. Nara Travels does not sell personal data.
5. GDPR Data Protection Rights
We want to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
6. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data rights, please contact our Data Protection Desk at privacy@naratravels.com or visit our contact page.